Hifi Pig

British manufacturer Graham Slee (GSP Audio) got in touch with Hifi Pig to tell us about a roadshow they are holding in Hellaby (Rotherham) in South Yorkshire on 19th April.

It’s at the Hellaby Hall Hotel from 11 am to 5 pm and having spoken to Graham the owner of GSP Audio he mentions there will be a prototype of a new phonostage they are working on getting its first public airing. He also says that people can bring along their own tunes and headphones…which is nice.

You’ll need to register with GSP for a free season pass for free entry into all their roadshows

GIK Acoustics-Europe will exhibit at Musikmesse in Frankfurt from 15th – 18th April, 2015. 

GIK Acoustics will debut their Tri-Trap Corner Bass Traps with FlexRange Technology Range Limiter and Soffit Bass Trap with FlexRange Technology Range Limiter.

GIK Acoustics first introduced FLEXRANGE TECHNOLOGY in 2013 on their 244 Bass Traps and Monster Bass Traps. FlexRange Technology is GIK Acoustics’ unique system for providing what they say is the best in bass trapping and low end absorption.

Full Range is a broadband option perfect for controlling low end frequencies and is the preferred choice for early reflection points or when upper frequencies need 100% absorption.

Range Limiter option includes a built-in membrane system which starts absorbing at a lower frequency but also has a cut off starting around 400Hz. Using the Range Limiter option is said to ensure maximum low end absorption while retaining nearly 100% of the upper frequencies within your room. Ideally used when no upper frequency absorption is required/desired.

GIK Acoustics-Europe General Manager David Shevyn says, “By expanding the FlexRange Technology options to our very popular Tri-Trap and Soffit Bass Trap, we are offering customers the opportunity to better maximize low end absorption. And there’s no better event to debut these new offerings than at Musikmesse.”

The FlexRange Technology options on Tri-Trap Corner Bass Traps and Soffit Bass Traps will be available in Summer 2015.

The guys at Sygnifi (Uk Distributors for Clint Audio) got in touch with Hifi Pig to say “We are thrilled to announce that the AsgardTM wireless, streaming and multi-room speakers (ODIN & FREYA) from Clint Digital, which we launched in the UK earlier this year, have just won a prestigious iF Design Award 2015 for outstanding design”.

The high-profile international jury for the iF Design Awards assessed almost 5,000 entries from 53 countries in deciding who would receive this seal of design excellence.

The Asgard™ speakers were entered in the Product Design discipline and Audio / Video category.

Meridian Audio has announced that it has agreed a deal to transfer the company’s software applications business to a newly established entity, Roon Labs.

Explaining the spin-out deal Meridian CEO John Buchanan said ‘We entered the music streaming market in 2009 with the best-in-class music server combining Meridian’s legendary audio quality with the unique and intuitive user experience we had acquired with Sooloos. As the market for streaming products continues to boom, and with the introduction of higher quality music services, Meridian continues to grow its business in this area by investing in developing our award-winning range of high performance audio and home theatre products and focusing on the specific needs of music lovers and the dealers who serve them.’

Commenting on the future relationship between Meridian and Roon Labs, Buchanan said ‘Having fully absorbed the Sooloos experience into Meridian’s hardware product offering, this deal enables our software applications team to establish a separate

company to address specialist software requirements for other consumers. We are now two independent companies focused on our own successes but Meridian Audio and Roon Labs will continue to collaborate and work closely together into the future.’

Describing the vision for his new company, Roon Labs Co-Founder Enno Vandermeer said ‘Roon Labs produces software that lets music enthusiasts interact more deeply with their collections, by exploring the music, the people who composed, performed, and recorded it, and the multi-dimensional connections between them.’ Commenting further Vandermeer said ‘We are excited by the opportunity to reach a broader audience and support their choices, both in terms of music content and audio hardware. We look forward to making important partnership and product announcements to the market very soon.’

The transfer is effective from 1st February 2015. Meridian Audio retains the Sooloos brand name and the Cambridgeshire company remains fully committed to Meridian Sooloos system including the ongoing development of new features, such as the recent system integration of TIDAL’s high fidelity music streaming service.